Tag: APOS 2020

Uday Shankar, the president of The Walt Disney Company APAC and chairman of Star and Disney India, discussed the early success of Disney+ Hotstar and weighed in on the impact of COVID-19 on the media business in his session at the APOS 2020 Virtual Series.

Delivering the opening address at the APOS 2020 Virtual Series, Vivek Couto, executive director of Media Partners Asia (MPA), outlined the key trends at play in the AsiaPac video business, including gains in online video subscriptions, a challenged ad market amid the COVID-19 pandemic and rising investments in local content.

ViacomCBS's Bob Bakish, Amazon's Mike Hopkins, TikTok's Kevin Mayer, WarnerMedia's Gerhard Zeiler, Disney's Uday Shankar and Vice Media's Nancy Dubuc are among those set to participate at APOS 2020, with the annual event in Bali going online with virtual editions this July and September.

APOS, an event focused on the Asia Pacific media, telecoms and entertainment industry, is moving this year's edition to September as a result of coronavirus concerns.